So Yamamura
Biography
So Yamamura (山村聰, Yamamura So, 24 February 1910 – 26 May 2000) was a Japanese actor and film director. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1947 and 1991, and directed four films. He was also known by the name Satoshi Yamamura, while his actual birth name is Koga Hirosada. In the US, he is well known for his portrayals of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto of the Combined Fleet, in Tora! Tora! Tora!, and of Mr. Sakamoto, the CEO of Assan Motors in Gung Ho.
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Movies (41)
Going West: to the West
as Shogo Kawahara
1997
Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of Japan
1992
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
as Prime Minister
1991
Tange Sazen
1990
Nemuri Kyōshirō
1989
Tokyo Bordello
as Isaburo Okura
1987
Gung Ho
as Mr. Sakamoto
1986
The Second Is a Christian
as Nakatsugawa
1985
Kanei Command Performance
1983
Antarctica
as Iwakiri Sencho
1983
The Mysterious Gemini • Y&S
1982
Shadow Warriors: Hattori Hanzo
as Masayuki Hoshina
1980
Shag
1978
Main Line to Terror
1975
Prophecies of Nostradamus
as Prime Minister Kuroki
1974
Professional Killers – Assignment by Night
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1974
Professional Killers – Assassin's Quarry
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973
Professional Killers
as Hanemon(Otowaya)
1973
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
as Gômune Jindaiyu
1972
The Militarists
as Mitsumasa Yonai
1970
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
1970
Japan's Longest Day
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
1967
The Retreat from Kiska
as Kawashima
1965
With Beauty and Sorrow
as Toshio Ôki
1965
The School of Flesh
1965
A Public Benefactor
as Kappei Arima
1964
Daybreak Chorus
as Shingo Koide
1963
Gang Loyalty and Vengeance
as Tachibana
1963
Shinobi no Mono 2: Vengeance
1963
Ano hito wa ima
1963
At the Side of the Bridge 3
1963
Born in Sin
1962
Diary of a Mad Old Man
as Tokusuke Rôjin
1962
A Flame at the Pier
1962
Records of loyal vassals
1962
Glory on the Summit
1962
Star of Hong Kong
as Gentaro Sugimoto
1962
Akitsu Hot Springs
as Mikami
1962
あの空の果てに星はまたたく
1962
The Pacific War and Himeyuri Corps
as Taiwan Army Chief of Staff
1962
Musume to watashi
1962
TV Shows (9)
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1982
ザ・ハングマン
1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Yagyu Munenori
1980
Pearl
as Admiral Nagumo, commander of Japanese attack force (uncredited)
1978
The Yagyu Conspiracy
as Yagyu Munenori
1978
Ningen no Shōmei
1978
Hijo no License
as 矢部
1973
Professional Killers
as Hanemon Otowaya
1972
Haru no Sakamichi
as Tokugawa Ieyasu
1971